BBC Scotland's Bill Moulds reports"At the end of the day, a bit of a rout." real 14kRangers manager Dick Advocaat"We deserved to win." real 14kKilmarnock boss Bobby Williamson"We played well at times." real 14k

Saturday, 12 May, 2001, 17:57 GMT 18:57 UK

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Rangers 5-1 Kilmarnock

Rangers gave their fans something to cheer about at the end of a dreadful season at Ibrox but there were boos in the Ibrox air come full time.

The cat calls were aimed at Kilmarnock manager Bobby Williamson, himself a former Ranger, whose crime was not to give the Ibrox faithful one last look at Ally McCoist.

McCoist is about to retire and this was his last chance to play at the stadium where he became the club's all-time record goalscorer, but he was kept on the bench, although that did not stop him coming on afterwards to milk the applause.

The result meant little for Rangers who had already secured second place but
was a blow for Killie who are still hoping to secure a Uefa Cup spot.

Rangers manager Dick Advocaat restored two players who had been hardly seen for months - Ronald de Boer who started for the first time following a knee operation and young winger Peter Lovenkrands, who came on as a second-half substitute.

De Boer notched the opener in the 19th minute with a header from a Jorg
Albertz corner, which had been Rangers first meaningful attack of the game.

Amoruso plants a kiss on McCoist after the game

It was hacked away off the line by Mark Reilly, but a quick consultation
between referee Mike McCurry and linesman Neil Brand ruled the ball had already
crossed the line.

With 66 minutes gone Lovenkrands' speed caught Freddie Dindeleux in possession in his own area and the Dane squared the ball to Wallace for a simple tap-in.

De Boer almost grabbed a second, but his magnificent long-range effort was acrobatically saved by Colin Meldrum.

From the resulting corner Lorenzo Amoruso leaped highest at the near post to make it 3-0 with a header.